Australia

Monash staff and students unite to defend casuals from management cuts

Staff and students at Monash University rallied on October 7 to demand secure jobs, smaller class sizes and genuine consultation. Brenna Dempsey reports. 

Refugees travel to Canberra to call for an end to visa uncertainty

Elnaz, Milad Makvandi and Sowriya Vishnuvarman, refugees who have lived more than 12 years in limbo, travelled to Canberra to urge federal MPs to grant about 8500 people permanent visas. Kerry Smith reports.

Protesters outside Nature Positive Summit demand Plibersek take real action

Protesters outside the Nature Positive Summit at the Sydney Convention Centre demanded that environment minister Tanya Plibersek take strong action to save natural habitat. Jim McIlroy reports.

Handmaiden to the establishment: Peter Greste’s register of journalists

Peter Greste, who was once a journalist hungry to get the story, now wishes to set “professional” standards for the craft and, problematically, define press freedom in Australia. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

Qld Greens candidate: ‘We need a people-centred economy’

Braden Smith, Greens candidate for Currumbin in the Queensland election, believes the challenges to transition away from a reliance on mining and energy are huge, but not insurmountable. Susan Price reports.

12 months of genocide: Voices from the protests

At protests marking 12 months of Israel’s latest genocide in Gaza, Green Left spoke to people about the impact of the year-long Palestine solidarity movement. 

52 weeks of protesting Israel’s war on Gaza: Tens of thousands demand a permanent ceasefire

Attempts to shut down protests marking 12 months of Israel’s genocide in Gaza backfired, leading to the biggest protests this year in Gadigal Country/Sydney and Naarm/Melbourne. Pip Hinman reports.

March for Nature calls for real gov’t action on biodiversity

Australia is a world leader in species extinction and forest destruction, a March for Nature rally was told. Jim McIlroy reports.

Uni of NSW students demand it cut ties with weapons companies, help free Palestine

Students at the University of New South Wales passed three pro-Palestine and anti-war motions at a historic Student General Meeting. Isaac Nellist reports.

Video: Jordon Steele-John on Labor's changes to the NDIS

Suzanne James speaks to WA Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John about changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme which passed in August.

CFMEU members unite to fight back

Union bodies, leaders and rank-and-file Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members are pushing back against Labor’s unprecedented draconian anti-CFMEU law. Pip Hinman reports.

It’s not enough to ‘punish Labor’: We need to build a real alternative

It is not enough to “punish Labor” in coming elections. The real challenge is to build a political alternative that will act for the majority, not slavishly serve the billionaire class, argue Sue Bull, Jacob Andrewartha and Sam Wainwright.